The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-23
That Report.

From the bad eminence which it has
at last attained, the invectives Of the
Pensacola Commercial come 80 softened
that they disturb nobody we have be
come accustomed to the steady grumble
as does the miller to the whirr of his
machinery. But the Wakulla Times is
more economical of it's powers in that
direction, and seems yet capable of alb
sorbing information, which it honestly
seeks thus:
ain pursuance to the above requirements,
Cove rnor Perry, as we are inform disappointed
Messrs. John Bradford, of con. j. j. Daniels,
of jacksonville, and - Davidson, of West
Florida, as a commi tee to investie ate the do
ings of said drainage comp ny and report
thereon. Asto the limit of time for said report
to be mad, we ave not informed, ut with the
great trust we have ever reposed in the wis
dom and Justice Of Governor Perry. well
venture To say that ii has exp red long since.
And why? Can il be that this committee has
been victimizad by the common Doodle Ri ~
And if not, why IS the report retarded? Why
not shed some light, light which tn" people
have right rs demand. II right which is inhe
rent, upo.. this subjectY"
Now if the above means any thing. it
is an attempt to censure the Governor
because the committee has made no re-
port. Is this fair? The Legislature of
1885 empowered the Governor to appoint
a committee to investigate :" certain al
legations charging the Drs.ton Drainage
Company with crookedness. The com
mittee was appointed, and the members
of this committee stand so high in the
confidence of the peopl4of Florida that
charges without specific proof will only
recoil on the heads of their originators.
Their names speak for them.
1t is true that this committee has made
no report, but should this sin of omission
or commission convict it's members of
being yictimized by the common Boo
die Ring?" Does our contemporary real
ize the charge it is making against these
gentlemen?
Will the Wakulla Times tell us what
should be the course of the Governor
under the circumstances He has APP
pointed the committee as required shall
he now call out the militia to compel
Col. Daniel and his associates to make a
report? When that report is sent in, is
the Governor then expected to send a
copy thereof to our esteemed cOntempory
of Wakulla?
IL the Commercial will continue it's at
tacks on the Times Union, we can enjoy
its venom, because the public is prepared
to believe any thing bad in that connec-
ton. But the Commercial is opposed to
all politicians" yet argues that Gov.
Perry is unworthy of honor and trust
because he has not been long enough a
politician it is opposed to all those
who devoted themselves to party work
Immediately after the war, because it
supposes that these leaders then or
ganized themselves into "ring"-it
now attacks the Governor because E. \.
Perry was not a member of this ring"
which, In the language Ct the CONNER
cidi, was devoted to the service of the
land sharks and corporations. Such
are the shots fired off by the Commercial
from that bad eminence to which, like
Satan of old, it has ambitiously aspired.
Like its prototype, the Commercial has
reached the throne like Lucifer, it is
dreaded, not feared, by all the powers of
good-the people-unlike the dark prince,
1T Is not regarded, because its efforts in
variably entail little injury upon any
thing bur itself